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Japan Fine Ceramics Center

In research, Japan Fine Ceramics Center stands highest in Materials Science (#893 of 2,276 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,555 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry and Materials Science (Materials Chemistry is 13.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,629
of 22,385 · #5,702 all time
Rank in Japan
#539
of 924
Research works
1.6k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Japan Fine Ceramics Center

What is Japan Fine Ceramics Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Materials ScienceField #893 of 2,276 6.8%60 #610
Physical SciencesDomain #5,555 of 10,670 7.0%146 #1989

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Fine Ceramics Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Japan Fine Ceramics Center work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at Japan Fine Ceramics Center is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (40%), Engineering (35%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 164 fractional works · 94.5% of its workMaterials Science: 70 fractional works · 40.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 25.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 35.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStructural Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKJapan FineCeramics Center173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences0%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science7040.1%
    2. Engineering6135.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy158.7%
    4. Chemistry84.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.7%
    6. Energy21.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    8. Environmental Science10.8%
    9. Computer Science10.8%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    2. Decision Sciences00.1%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine10.4%
    2. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Japan Fine Ceramics Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 44.0 works13×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 69.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.95× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.35× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 11.50× its world share, 70 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.90× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science11.50×70 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.90×15 works
  3. Chemistry2.95×8 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.37×1 works
  5. Engineering2.35×61 works
  6. Energy1.57×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.05×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.17×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  20. Medicine0.02×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Japan Fine Ceramics Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Craig A. J. Fisher, Motohide Ando and Akihide Kuwabara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Fine Ceramics Center.

  1. 1 Craig A. J. Fisher Japan · #470,161 worldwide 10k citations · 164 works
  2. 2 Motohide Ando Japan · #678,723 worldwide 2.5k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Akihide Kuwabara Japan · #735,388 worldwide 7.7k citations · 323 works
  4. 4 Yumi H. Ikuhara Japan · #831,399 worldwide 2.2k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Kazuki Shitara Japan · #1,273,257 worldwide 1.6k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Akio Ikesue Japan · #1,302,111 worldwide 8.3k citations · 253 works
  7. 7 Kousuke Ooe Japan · #1,760,929 worldwide 214 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Takehisa Fukui Japan · #2,002,850 worldwide 2.7k citations · 132 works
  9. 9 Tsukasa Hirayama Japan · #2,032,588 worldwide 7.5k citations · 354 works
  10. 10 Yukio Kubo Japan · #2,059,163 worldwide 917 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Fine Ceramics Center

What are the most cited papers from Japan Fine Ceramics Center?

The most cited paper from Japan Fine Ceramics Center is "First principles phonon calculations in materials science" (Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka, 2015), with 11,731 citations. Next come "First-principles calculations of the ferroelastic transition between rutile-type and CaCl 2 -type SiO 2 at high pressures" (5,518) and "Distributions of phonon lifetimes in Brillouin zones" (1,547).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 First principles phonon calculations in materials science Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka · Scripta Materialia Open access 29 Jul 2015 11,731
2 First-principles calculations of the ferroelastic transition between rutile-type and CaCl 2 -type SiO 2 at high pressures Atsushi Togo, Fumiyasu Oba, Isao Tanaka · Physical Review B Open access 14 Oct 2008 5,518
3 Distributions of phonon lifetimes in Brillouin zones Atsushi Togo, Laurent Chaput, Isao Tanaka · Physical Review B Open access 20 Mar 2015 1,547
4 Implementation strategies in phonopy and phono3py Atsushi Togo, Laurent Chaput, Terumasa Tadano et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access 23 May 2023 1,330
5 Lithium and sodium battery cathode materials: computational insights into voltage, diffusion and nanostructural properties M. Saïful Islam, Craig A. J. Fisher · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 7 Nov 2013 1,089
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Japan Fine Ceramics Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sintering, Mechanical Properties, Cathode Materials, Spark Plasma Sintering, Superconductivity, Thin Films, Structure Determination and Energy Storage.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sintering14▲ 64×4 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties14▲ 8.0×17 topics
  3. Cathode Materials12▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Spark Plasma Sintering12▲ 67×2 topics
  5. Nanoparticles10▲ 4.6×19 topics
  6. Superconductivity10▲ 33×9 topics
  7. Thin Films9▲ 28×8 topics
  8. Structure Determination9▲ 181×2 topics
  9. Energy Storage9▲ 8.1×6 topics
  10. Oxidation Resistance9▲ 48×3 topics
  11. Nanostructures9▲ 12×14 topics
  12. Semiconductors9▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries8▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Composite Materials8▲ 23×5 topics
  15. Microstructure8▲ 9.3×11 topics
  16. Nanocomposites8▲ 6.1×17 topics
  17. Ceramic Materials8▲ 50×4 topics
  18. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy8▲ 64×2 topics
  19. Electronic Structure8▲ 25×6 topics
  20. Material Properties8▲ 46×2 topics
  21. High-Temperature Applications8▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Nanocrystalline Ceramics8▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Semiconductor7▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Catalysis7▲ 6.2×14 topics
  25. Rechargeable Batteries7▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Cryo-Electron Microscopy7▲ 241×1 topic
  27. Single-Particle Analysis7▲ 241×1 topic
  28. Ionic Conductivity7▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Nanowires7▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Photodetectors7▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Epitaxial Growth7▲ 83×2 topics
  32. Materials6▲ 16×6 topics
  33. Battery Materials6▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Nanostructured Anodes6▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Crystal Growth6▲ 12×8 topics
  36. Atomic Layer Deposition6▲ 51×1 topic
  37. High-k Dielectrics6▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Solar Cells6▲ 16×6 topics
  39. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths5▲ 170×1 topic
  40. Scanning Electron Microscopy5▲ 138×1 topic

Which research topics does Japan Fine Ceramics Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced ceramic materials synthesis, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Advancements in Battery Materials and Semiconductor materials and devices.

Advanced ceramic materia…8Advanced ceramic materials synthesis: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Micros…7Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …6Advancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …6Semiconductor materials and devices: 6 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 5 fractional worksElectronic and Structura…5Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides: 5 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 4 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 4 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materi…4Ga2O3 and related materials: 4 fractional works
Ceramics and CompositesStructural BiologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSurfaces, Coatings and Films3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 8 works
  2. 2 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 5 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides Materials Chemistry 5 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Japan Fine Ceramics Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Japan Fine Ceramics Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Japan Fine Ceramics Center0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Japan Fine Ceramics Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Japan Fine Ceramics Center4.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2017.

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